Re: Netflix To Cogent To World

[Adam Rothschild <asr () latency net>]

I think the confusion by Jay and others is that there is a plethora of commercial options available for sending traffic 
to Comcast or Verizon, at scale and absent congestion.  I contend that there is not.

I, too, have found Netflix highly responsive and professional, as a peering partner...

$0.02,
-a

On Jul 23, 2014, at 11:31 AM, Bob Evans <bob () FiberInternetCenter com> wrote:

> Most likely Netflix writes policies to filter known cogent conflict
> peers...Chances are they use cogent to reach the cogent customer base and
> other peers.  I know from experience that peering directly with Netflix
> works very well....they don't depend heavily on transit delivery if direct
> peering is possible.
>
> Thank You
> Bob Evans
> CTO
>
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> > > If I were Netflix, why would I buy all my transit from Cogent[1], given
> > > Cogent's propensity for getting into peering fights with people
> > > *already*,
> > > even before *I* start sending them 1000:1 asymmetric outbound traffic?
> >
> > Perhaps Netflix expect this to be an ongoing problem with moree ISPs
> > asking them to pay to deliver (following Bretts lead ;-), so with their
> > previous transits experience why would they continue to buy from pussies?
> >
> > > So why would Cogent offer Netflix a helluva deal?
> >
> > Previous events have shown Cognet only use live rounds, so why would they
> > not take the opportunity to get a bigger gun?
> >
> > Mutually assured domination. Perhaps one will buy the other sometime.
> >
> > brandon